The National Green Building Standard (ICC 700-2008) for all residential construction work including single-family homes, apartments and condos, land development and remodeling and renovation has been approved by the American National Standards Institute.

The National Association of Home Builders recently launched the NAHB National Green Building Program, an education, verification and certification program that will allow builders anywhere to build green homes.

When using the term “green prefabricated homes”, some of us can’t help but imagine a small double-wide mobile home covered in some sort of mossy overgrowth. While that notion is pretty far out, many of us have preconceived notions about green housing that frankly aren’t true. This book - Prefabulous + Almost Off the Grid - contests these fallacies.

The author shows prefabricated homes can be built with customizable, attractive, and quality green materials in less time than traditional construction, while reducing waste and yielding an energy-efficient, sturdy, and cost-effective home.

First of all, we’re now building houses tighter for greater energy efficiency, but without mechanical ventilation systems. And second, we’re filling these tighter houses with synthetic, man-made building materials, furnishings, and cleaning products...